Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-05-12

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,315 head
▲ 716 vs last sale 3,599▲ 1,148 vs year ago 3,167 · +36.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers up to 850 lbs. the undertone was unevenly steady, steers 850-900 lbs. were 3.00 higher, steers 900-lbs. on up were 2.00-3.00 lower. An unevenly steady undertone was noted on heifers up to 700 lbs. heifers 700 lbs. on up were 2.00 lower. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 19th, expecting 3000 plus head of feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.84/cwt on 2,309 head.
Average price
$142.84
2,309 head · 838 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$362
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$16.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.89
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2705146.301,032133
Medium and Large 1843142.821,2042,143
Large 11,072130.001,39433
One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about −$362 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,309 hd
142.84
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SD average6 barns · 9,365 hd
149.73
−6.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426203.00/cwt203.00–203.008658
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed432230.30/cwt229.00–230.5099522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480207.00/cwt207.00–207.0099415
Steers—Medium and Large 1544196.03/cwt189.00–197.851,066109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546180.00/cwt180.00–180.009837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566161.00/cwt161.00–161.0091110
Steers—Medium and Large 1568184.29/cwt181.50–188.501,04718
Steers—Medium and Large 1621175.27/cwt154.00–184.001,08846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624161.70/cwt159.00–165.501,00910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670161.19/cwt154.00–165.001,08023
Steers—Medium and Large 1677182.75/cwt182.75–182.751,23754
Steers—Medium and Large 1726160.87/cwt160.50–161.501,16867
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726154.12/cwt151.00–156.501,1197
Steers—Medium and Large 1819156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,28243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2849151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,2869
Steers—Large 2851115.00/cwt115.00–115.0097914
Steers—Medium and Large 1856155.33/cwt148.00–155.851,33075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1507
Steers—Medium and Large 1917147.60/cwt143.50–148.751,353132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2964135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,3069
Steers—Medium and Large 1966147.72/cwt147.25–147.851,427215
Steers—Large 1-21,019130.15/cwt125.00–136.001,32652
Steers—Large 11,023145.78/cwt143.50–147.001,491480
Steers—Large 11,069143.82/cwt142.10–147.001,537485
Steers—Large 11,108138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,53526
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419183.28/cwt172.00–188.0076820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472189.01/cwt186.00–190.5089248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491178.50/cwt178.50–178.508767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538169.87/cwt167.50–179.0091435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574153.00/cwt153.00–153.0087812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588158.98/cwt157.50–160.7593546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,0138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645137.00/cwt137.00–137.008846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666152.41/cwt152.00–152.751,01533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement680162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,102111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1742144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,07474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy766122.00/cwt122.00–122.009357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775142.69/cwt140.25–144.851,106223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,08147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement796155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,238156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement825151.33/cwt149.00–152.501,24867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837138.55/cwt136.00–143.101,160244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,14434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863136.73/cwt135.00–138.251,180183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920136.23/cwt134.25–137.001,253465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy939128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,20210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1974134.22/cwt133.00–135.851,307440
Heifers—Large 11,072130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,39433

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.